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Mark Woodger

GCA Glossary
« on: September 27, 2012, 01:41:56 PM »
Hi All,

Is there a glossary for the terms used in the discussion group anywhere?

I am thinking of things like:
Hole Names or features - Redan, Cape
Acroynms - CCFAD = Country Club For a Day or TOC = The Old Course or The Ocean Course

If not i am happy to compile one for the group. PM anything and everything and i will collate it and pass it to Ran to see if he would like to add it to the site.

Thanks,
Mark

Kevin_Reilly

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Re: GCA Glossary
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2012, 01:44:54 PM »
For "hole names or features", a good reference/overview is the George Bahto interview from 1999:

http://www.golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/george-bahto/
"GOLF COURSES SHOULD BE ENJOYED RATHER THAN RATED" - Tom Watson

Mark_Rowlinson

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Re: GCA Glossary
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2012, 01:57:42 PM »
Don't forget to include Rihc.

Mike Nuzzo

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Re: GCA Glossary
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2012, 02:00:34 PM »
Treehouse = this discussion group.
Thinking of Bob, Rihc, Bill, George, Neil, Dr. Childs, & Tiger.

Jason Topp

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Re: GCA Glossary
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2012, 02:19:25 PM »
Here are some off the top of my head:

ODG = Old Dead Guys

Rees's Pieces - refers to clusters of bunkers Rees Jones used in some of his more criticized designs

Minimalism - notion that, as a general rule, natural contours create more interesting golf holes than man-made creations.  Also carries some notion of making the artifical look natural. 

Ass Pics - pictures of people hitting shots at a golf event. 

Line of Instinct/Line of Charm - see Tommy's interview

Penal - can refer to a type of architecture designed to punish mistakes or (incorrectly) (imho) refer to a hazard that punishes severely.

imho - In my humble opinion

Big World Theory - Tom Paul theory that there are many different tastes in architecture and that is a good thing

Doak Scale - Geometric scale where 3 is an average course, 6 is the best course in a typical city, 9 is among the best in the world and 10 is one of the top 12 in the world.  When someone assigns a Doak number to a course they almost always give too high of a number.  Anything 6 or above is an extraordinarily good course.

Doak 0 - A course that is not only bad but involved a huge waste of resources to build.

Bill_McBride

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Re: GCA Glossary
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2012, 07:12:08 PM »
Ideal maintenance meld, from TE Paul. 

Where is that dude, anyway?  Did I miss something?

mike_beene

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Re: GCA Glossary
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2012, 09:33:48 PM »
Instigator - one who questions the origins of Merion